Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan
An extraordinary story told with unapologetic presence, humour and raw honesty.
Raised in Wainuiomata, Fonotī Pati Umaga was given two options from his father about his future. Either become a church minister or a lawyer. Determined to follow his own path, however, he followed his heart and chose music. In 2005, everything changed when a fall left him a tetraplegic. Years of hardship followed before finding renewed purpose and healing in places he never expected. Backed by a powerhouse Pacific creative team, Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan weaves live music, storytelling and visual design into a genre-defying celebration of resilience, hope and the fire music can carry.
O le Afioga ia Fonotī Pati Umaga, sa soifua a’e i Wainuiomata ma o le fa’atonuga a lona tamā, na’o le lua galuega e te sailia. A le o le Faifeau, o le Loia. Ae peita’i o lona naunauta’iga e taumafai e sa’ili lona lava lumana’i, na i’u ai ona avea le musika ma lona filifiliga. I le tausaga 2005 na suia uma ai fa’amoemoega, sa pa’ū fa’afuase’i ma na fa’apogai ai, na pē ona lima e o’o i ona vae. E tele tausaga na soso’o, sa feagai ai o ia ma faigata ma fa’afitauli, ae na i’u lava ina fa’afouina ai lona fa’moemoe ma le ola fuataina i nofoaga na te le’i mafaufauina. O le Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan, e lagolagoina malosi e tagata talenia mai Niu Sila ma le vasa Pasifika; ma o se fa’asoaina o se vaega o le tala i le malaga a le Afioga ia Fonotī Pati Umaga. E fa’atino lea i pesepesega, fagogo ma ata mamanu vaaia e fa’ailoa ai lona tinoū, finafinau, ma le aogā o le musika e faaolaola le malosi faatumauina, faamoemoe ma le mausali.
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Commissioned by Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival and Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts, with support from Creative New Zealand’s Festival Commissioning and Presentation Fund managed by Performing Arts Network New Zealand.
With support from Platinum Patrons Andrew & Jenny Smith.
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